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TIL that as of 2019 it's more expensive to mint $1 coins than to keep $1 bills in circulation, because bills are getting used less and less and thus are lasting longer.

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QL0k TIL that after Ted Kaczynski’s brother David received a $1 million reward for helping bring the Unibomber to justice, he promptly dispersed the funds to survivors of his brother’s bombs, after paying legal fees. He now runs a Buddhist monastery in New York state.
Zp0Lo TIL that the B-2 bomber includes an upward facing light sensor, which alerts the pilot to increase or reduce altitude to match the underside paint job to the changing illuminance of the sky to also make it visually stealthy.
wme1 TIL Sweden is so good at recycling, it has run out of garbage and now must import garbage from Norway to fuel its energy programs.
MegZa TIL: Ben Affleck was banned for life from the Hard Rock hotel and casino in 2014 for counting cards at the blackjack table.
rN7od TIL France's Saint-Pierre and Miquelon islands located near Newfoundland has its own airline and offers a once weekly flight between Saint Pierre and Miquelon and Paris. The runway in Saint Pierre is only 5,900 feet long, so the plane has to be weight restricted with maximum 100 passengers